The Vicar Of Dibley to return for Comic Relief with Damian Lewis as guest star

Dawn and Damian get close in the new Vicar Of Dibley special (Picture: BBC)

The Vicar Of Dibley is set to return to our screens, complete with Dawn French and guest star Damian Lewis.

The classic BBC sitcom – regularly voted one of the most popular amongst viewers – will be revived for a 10-minute special for this year’s Red Nose Day.

Starring Dawn French and her former co-stars, the show will also see Homeland actor Damian Lewis appear as a dashing Reverend who leaves Geraldine in a flutter during a group trip to London.

The whole gang will be reunited for the Comic Relief episode (Picture: BBC)

The special had been penned by Vicar Of Dibley writer and Comic Relief founder Richard Curtis.

French said of the news: ‘Viewers should watch this sketch because it’s the first time we’ve been together for ages, so everyone can witness the rapid deterioration of us all! Since we last saw the Vicar and her parish members, the astonishing and shocking amount of decay is alarming.’

Lewis added: ‘Richard Curtis has done a brilliant thing in getting all the cast back together. It’s very funny and anyone who loves the Vicar of Dibley is just going to have a riot with this.’